fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
name; given name; first name
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
myself; yourself; I; me; you
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
single-mother household; fatherless family
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
(relating to) gender; sex; sexual
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?